Audience Feedback- Magazine Advertisement

In order to have a better understanding of how my magazine advertisement looks, I gave out multiple sheets of paper with my magazine advertisement on (as seen below) and asked the people I surveyed to write a comment about the advert. Here they are below:

"I Like the colour Scheme and the purple fade."

"Looks too unprofessional"

"Too bland/ Not enough to it"

"The bevel where 'Artist Name' is looks professional and stylistic"

"I don't like the fact that the advertisement is only on a little square and the rest is blank"

After receiving these comments, I believe that it would be wise to change my magazine advertisement so that it suits the needs of my audience more.

Digipak Changes

I have made changes towards my Digipak, making the cover look less serious as I believed that it looked more like an cover for a rap album rather than a cover for an album for an indie/rock album. I have also blurred the main image so that the album looks more abstract. Furthermore, I added the record label logo and a barcode so that the album looks more genuine.

Audience Feedback- Digipak

I gave this image to a variety of person in order to discover the bad things about the digipak, and asked my audience the question "If you could change this digipak in any way, what would it be?". Some of the key responses are below:

Person 1:

'I believe that the digipak looks too serious to be a digipak for an indie band, maybe you should change the colour scheme to one that is more abstract'

Person 2:

'To me the digipak is too bland and empty, I think you should add some things such as an image of the record label and a barcode so that it looks more real'

Person 3:

'I think the digipak needs to look more abstract to conform with conventions'

Beginning My Digipak

I have began to start creating my Digipak for one of my ancillary products. As you can see I have gone for a monotone style for my Digipak, making it look more professional and serious.

Character Profiles

MAIN CHARACTER

17 Years of age. Tall. Will be the main character of the music video. Labelled as an ordinary teenager, however as the music video progresses we later learn another side to him, a Robin Hood-esque thief. 

VICTIM/VILLAIN

Slightly older than the main character. Will be the main victim of the main character. At the point of his mugging we believe for him to be a normal businessman, however slightly arrogant by the amount of money that the character could have gave compared to the amount that he did. Also holds an aire of mystique with the sunglasses.

TERTIARY CHARACTER

The 3rd and final character from the music video, this character acts as a thug for the businessman and beats up the main character towards him. Will be wearing something to disguise his appearance such as a mask and/or his hood up, masking his identity and giving the characters conventions of a criminal.

Images for my Magazine Advertisement

 Here are the photos that I took for my music advertisement. Firstly, I will be cropping out the people from the backgrounds and will be placing them behind the brick wall shown in the top-left hand corner of the blog post. I will also be adding some effects to these images to conform with conventions of the Indie genre.

Magazine Advertisement CHANGES

I have decided to change the layout of my magazine advertisement after receiving criticism from my audience feedback form. I received comments saying that the advert looked too unprofessional, therefore I have decided to change the layout completely. Here it is below.

Organisation of Actors

Before filming my music video, I made sure that both I and my actors were available for filming them. I did this by reminding them in person and also by keeping in touch over Facebook, as you can see below.

Progress on magazine Advert

I have made progress onto my ancillary product for my advanced portfolio. Here is my advert from a music magazine now:
I have yet to take images of the artists for my advertisement, however when they are taken they will be in the very centre of the magazine advertisement.